by Jessica Merriman | Sep 15, 2025 | Updates
Global campaign launched to save Malaysian Borneo’s last primary rainforests – Sarawak Premier Abang Johari under fire over ties to Malaysian timber tycoon (Miri, Sarawak) A newly released video by Swiss NGO Bruno Manser Fonds reveals alarming...
by Jessica Merriman | Sep 9, 2025 | Updates
Bruno Manser Fonds launches “Save the Baram forest” campaign at UNESCO headquarters (Paris) Forest activists told Sarawak Premier Abang Johari during his visit to Europe that his first step towards climate protection should be the conservation of...
by Jessica Merriman | Aug 29, 2025 | Updates
BARAM, MIRI: A delegation of community members from Long Kawa, Long Pelutan, Ba’ Taha, and more expressed their concern and resistance to the Tutoh Cascading Dam project during a prayer and blessing ceremony in Long Kevok on 25th August. The ceremony was to launch the...
by Jessica Merriman | Aug 27, 2025 | Updates
During the second quarter of the year there were a lot of developments for Indigenous and environmental rights in Sarawak. Join Jettie Word from The Borneo Project and Celine Lim from SAVE Rivers to discuss the latest stories. Read more about these topics: Indigenous...
by Jessica Merriman | Aug 21, 2025 | Updates
Letter to Premier and Ministers alleges contraventions of Malaysian Sustainable Palm Oil standards, land rights, and lease conditions The Penan and Kenyah Indigenous communities of Long Urun, Belaga have issued an urgent call to the Sarawak Premier, key state...
by Jessica Merriman | Aug 14, 2025 | Updates
Sarawak Indigenous communities call on Japanese Government to stop Shin Yang Group’s timber imports over claims of human rights violations and breaches of harvesting agreements (Long Tepen, Sarawak, Malaysia) – 200 Indigenous Penan from Sarawak’s Lower Baram...
by Jessica Merriman | Aug 12, 2025 | FAQ
An aerial photograph taken during the British colonial period near Ba Main, Sarawak. (Australian War Memorial) Much has changed in Sarawak, Malaysian Borneo since 1958. The state has celebrated nearly 70 years of independence from colonial rule, its population has...
by Fiona McAlpine | Aug 5, 2025 | FAQ, Uncategorized, Updates
What’s happening? Numerous forest and peatland fires are raging across Sumatra and Sarawak, with heavy smoke drifting into Malaysia and Singapore. Many of these fires are linked to land cleared for monoculture plantations such as oil palm and timber, but they are also...
by Fiona McAlpine | Jul 17, 2025 | Blog, FAQ, Uncategorized, Updates
The Borneo Project has spent the last 35 years standing alongside Indigenous communities in Sarawak, Malaysia, defending rainforests, resisting destructive development, and advocating for Indigenous rights. This critical work is made possible entirely through the...
by Jessica Merriman | Jul 7, 2025 | Uncategorized, Updates
A member of the Penan Indigenous community from Ba Data Bila in Upper Baram has issued urgent protest letters to Sarawak Premier Abang Johari Tun Openg and the Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (SUHAKAM), demanding an immediate halt to ongoing logging operations by...
